Canon Pixma iP7200

I know this isn't a Canon help group but I wonder if anyone uses an iP7200 and if you have found the drivers for it. I just installed a new Extreme router and lost the wireless with both my Canon printers but when I tried to find the driver for this printer it is not on their website and one place says it's not existent. I probably will call Canon about this but I wondered if anyone had a similiar problem. It had been working fine with my older extreme. I have the newest Mavericks despite what it says below. This is my airprint printer so I hate to loose it.

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Apr 8, 2014 5:25 PM

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Posted on Dec 3, 2014 7:13 AM

You've probably resolved this long ago, but in case this information is useful to any other Mac users, note that Canon's driver for PIXMA model iP7250, is the one used by the machines sold as iP7200 (series) in the UK. It would be helpful if Canon made this clear on their website, where all reference to iP7200 seems to be missing from the lists on their Support pages, but they do provide both the correct driver and the manual as a PDF (they confirm that iP7250 is the one).

Note that separate driver installations and procedures are needed, respectively, for USB and Wireless connection. Once both are installed, you can switch between them in the normal way.


Another issue I have found, in printing from PDFs to the Pixma iP7200 (7250), is that, if you use either Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Pro (recent versions, but in my case OS 10.6.8 or 10.7.5), the print dialogue box offers no controls over media type or print quality, and I have had poor quality results. Discussion with Canon doesn't quite explain whether the problem is with Adobe, Canon or both, and it is surprising that Adobe PDF software can't be used effectively, with the same level of control that has been available with other inkjet printers via PDF for 15 years past. My solution is not to use the Adobe software - full controls and good results are available if you print the PDF using Mac Preview. The only annoying thing if you want to print at 100% scale is that you have to disable 'Auto rotate' and the shrink-to-fit default each time you print. For some reason it can't be overridden by a custom print preset.


My other problem with this machine has evidently been due to poor wireless signal in the location where I had it. Putting the printer and Mac both enar the router solved that.


Louis Mackay

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Dec 3, 2014 7:13 AM in response to George Chapman

You've probably resolved this long ago, but in case this information is useful to any other Mac users, note that Canon's driver for PIXMA model iP7250, is the one used by the machines sold as iP7200 (series) in the UK. It would be helpful if Canon made this clear on their website, where all reference to iP7200 seems to be missing from the lists on their Support pages, but they do provide both the correct driver and the manual as a PDF (they confirm that iP7250 is the one).

Note that separate driver installations and procedures are needed, respectively, for USB and Wireless connection. Once both are installed, you can switch between them in the normal way.


Another issue I have found, in printing from PDFs to the Pixma iP7200 (7250), is that, if you use either Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Pro (recent versions, but in my case OS 10.6.8 or 10.7.5), the print dialogue box offers no controls over media type or print quality, and I have had poor quality results. Discussion with Canon doesn't quite explain whether the problem is with Adobe, Canon or both, and it is surprising that Adobe PDF software can't be used effectively, with the same level of control that has been available with other inkjet printers via PDF for 15 years past. My solution is not to use the Adobe software - full controls and good results are available if you print the PDF using Mac Preview. The only annoying thing if you want to print at 100% scale is that you have to disable 'Auto rotate' and the shrink-to-fit default each time you print. For some reason it can't be overridden by a custom print preset.


My other problem with this machine has evidently been due to poor wireless signal in the location where I had it. Putting the printer and Mac both enar the router solved that.


Louis Mackay

Apr 8, 2014 7:53 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

It was listed and has worked for the last couple years. They must have discontinued it but I found the drivers. Now my problem is to remember how I connected to my wifi. I can't remember and of course have no disk drive to put the CD in. Have io see if I can find installation software on line or copy the CD to a thumb drive using my MacBook. It is an AirPrint printer however which is why I bought it several years ago.

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